RLSA-2026:5913

Synopsis

Moderate: ncurses security update

Description

The ncurses (new curses) library routines are a terminal-independent method of updating character screens with reasonable optimization. The ncurses packages contain support utilities including a terminfo compiler tic, a decompiler infocmp, clear, tput, tset, and a termcap conversion tool captoinfo.

Security Fix(es):

* ncurses: ncurses: Buffer overflow vulnerability may lead to arbitrary code execution. (CVE-2025-69720)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Affected products

Rocky Linux 10 aarch64 Rocky Linux 10 ppc64le Rocky Linux 10 s390x Rocky Linux 10 x86_64

Fixes

2449037

CVEs

CVE-2025-69720

Affected packages

Rocky Linux 10 s390x - AppStream

ncurses-devel-0:6.4-15.20240127.el10_1.s390x.rpm ncurses-c++-libs-debuginfo-0:6.4-15.20240127.el10_1.s390x.rpm ncurses-term-0:6.4-15.20240127.el10_1.noarch.rpm ncurses-c++-libs-0:6.4-15.20240127.el10_1.s390x.rpm

Rocky Linux 10 s390x - BaseOS

ncurses-libs-debuginfo-0:6.4-15.20240127.el10_1.s390x.rpm ncurses-base-0:6.4-15.20240127.el10_1.noarch.rpm ncurses-debugsource-0:6.4-15.20240127.el10_1.s390x.rpm ncurses-0:6.4-15.20240127.el10_1.src.rpm ncurses-debuginfo-0:6.4-15.20240127.el10_1.s390x.rpm ncurses-0:6.4-15.20240127.el10_1.s390x.rpm ncurses-libs-0:6.4-15.20240127.el10_1.s390x.rpm

Rocky Linux 10 aarch64 - BaseOS

ncurses-base-0:6.4-15.20240127.el10_1.noarch.rpm ncurses-0:6.4-15.20240127.el10_1.src.rpm ncurses-libs-debuginfo-0:6.4-15.20240127.el10_1.aarch64.rpm ncurses-debuginfo-0:6.4-15.20240127.el10_1.aarch64.rpm ncurses-0:6.4-15.20240127.el10_1.aarch64.rpm ncurses-debugsource-0:6.4-15.20240127.el10_1.aarch64.rpm ncurses-libs-0:6.4-15.20240127.el10_1.aarch64.rpm

Rocky Linux 10 ppc64le - BaseOS

ncurses-base-0:6.4-15.20240127.el10_1.noarch.rpm ncurses-libs-debuginfo-0:6.4-15.20240127.el10_1.ppc64le.rpm ncurses-0:6.4-15.20240127.el10_1.src.rpm ncurses-debugsource-0:6.4-15.20240127.el10_1.ppc64le.rpm ncurses-debuginfo-0:6.4-15.20240127.el10_1.ppc64le.rpm ncurses-libs-0:6.4-15.20240127.el10_1.ppc64le.rpm ncurses-0:6.4-15.20240127.el10_1.ppc64le.rpm

Rocky Linux 10 x86_64 - BaseOS

ncurses-base-0:6.4-15.20240127.el10_1.noarch.rpm ncurses-libs-0:6.4-15.20240127.el10_1.x86_64.rpm ncurses-0:6.4-15.20240127.el10_1.src.rpm ncurses-0:6.4-15.20240127.el10_1.x86_64.rpm ncurses-debuginfo-0:6.4-15.20240127.el10_1.x86_64.rpm ncurses-libs-debuginfo-0:6.4-15.20240127.el10_1.x86_64.rpm ncurses-debugsource-0:6.4-15.20240127.el10_1.x86_64.rpm

Rocky Linux 10 ppc64le - AppStream

ncurses-c++-libs-debuginfo-0:6.4-15.20240127.el10_1.ppc64le.rpm ncurses-c++-libs-0:6.4-15.20240127.el10_1.ppc64le.rpm ncurses-devel-0:6.4-15.20240127.el10_1.ppc64le.rpm ncurses-term-0:6.4-15.20240127.el10_1.noarch.rpm

Rocky Linux 10 x86_64 - AppStream

ncurses-c++-libs-0:6.4-15.20240127.el10_1.x86_64.rpm ncurses-devel-0:6.4-15.20240127.el10_1.x86_64.rpm ncurses-term-0:6.4-15.20240127.el10_1.noarch.rpm ncurses-c++-libs-debuginfo-0:6.4-15.20240127.el10_1.x86_64.rpm

Rocky Linux 10 aarch64 - AppStream

ncurses-c++-libs-0:6.4-15.20240127.el10_1.aarch64.rpm ncurses-term-0:6.4-15.20240127.el10_1.noarch.rpm ncurses-c++-libs-debuginfo-0:6.4-15.20240127.el10_1.aarch64.rpm ncurses-devel-0:6.4-15.20240127.el10_1.aarch64.rpm